Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6833462024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Walnut Creek, California
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.6 min one way; 30.8% worked from home, 50.1% drove alone, and 15.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.6 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home30.8%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone50.1%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.5%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Walnut Creek city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Walnut Creek city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 50.1%; 6.2% used public transit and 30.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 32,858 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Walnut Creek city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Walnut Creek city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 32,858 workers age 16+, including 22,748 workers with reported travel time and 10,110 home workers.
Population estimate70,088± 67 MOE
Workers age 16+32,858± 1,046 MOE
Workers with travel time22,748± 989 MOE
Estimated home workers10,110± 860 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All California reports →Comparable California commute records for Walnut Creek city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.